Barcode of ISBN 9786071116673

ISBN 9786071116673

Description : This compendium of essays on the history of ideas in Cuba analyzes the birth of Cuban historiography; the political culture in the island prior to the Revolution; the Cuban constitution and its minor influence in countries that have sought to follow the Fidelist model; and the creation of the single discourse of the Castro regime and its determination to survive. Rojas indicates that the debate amongst Cuban intellectuals is on the rise; that if Cuba is to have a promising future a complete transformation is needed, one that generates a new and democratic political system. A step into creating this transformation lies in the development of new historiographic narratives, unconstrained by the